Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-16
LAED 70 REST.
The Remains OF President and Ears. Lin
coin Removed To tina Tomb.

The Rem atns of President and EZrs Lin
coin Removed To tina Tomb.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 3 The re-
mains OF President and Mrs. Lincoln were
privately taken from their secret resting
place yesterday and Inferred in the north
vault Of the Lincoln monument in Oak
Ridge Cemetery, near this city. Less
taan q dozen persons, members Of the
Lincoln Monument Association and the
Lincoln Guard Of Honor, were present.
For years the whereabouts Of the remains
! Of the great President and his wife has
been vested in mystery from fear that
they would be stolen to OBTAIN huge
reward for their recovery. The actual
attempt to carry off the bodies in 1876 was
the moving cause of the formation of the
guard Of honor, which organization Sc
GREETED them, and yesterday surrendered
their charge. Great care was taken to
keep the event of this morning profound
secret. At the appointed hour a few per-
sons beside little knot of guards were
present. The secret grave was directly
under the north base Of the ObeEsk, about
thirty feet from the north end entrance,
but only accessible through the south
door. A door on the north of the hall
through long, dark passage, first cast,
then north, then west and then south to
the recess. Here about three feet below
the surface of the floor were deposited
the remains of Abraham Lincoln and his
wife. The body of Mr.. Lincoln was in g
walnut GOTTA lined width an air-tight
lead lining about One-haIf an inch thick
The walnut coffin wRs in a cedar box in-
closed il pine box. Mrs. Lincoln's re
mains were similarly inClcsed.
twenty-five years ago yesterday, Mr.
Lincoln was shot. When the guards,
with the help Of few Iaborers,
had exhUmed the collins, and the lid of
the Presidents was removed, his face was
seen to be in a remarkable state of pre-
servatiOn. Those who stood around and
had known Lincoln when alive, easily re-
cOgniZed him. The silver plate on the
coffin lid was bright. On it was inscribed:
abraham Lincoln, 10th President United
States, born February y, 1909, died April
Is, 1865" While Mrs. LincoIn's were
exhumed to view, General Reese, presi-
dent Of the guards of honor,
turned the remains Of Mr.. Lincoln over
to the Lincoln Monument Ass ociation
A Certificate was signed by members Of
the guards OF honor certifying that the
remains in the coffin were those received
from the Lincoln Monument Association
in 1878. The Monument Association |
made out certificate signed by the mem |
hers for the record Of the ASSOCIATION de- |
clariDg the remains to be those of Abra- |
ham Lincoln. The undertaken was then
directed to seal the coffiu, |
and plumber sealed it up. !
The coffin was then taken out |
by WOrkmen and carried around to |
the vault on the north side. Members of |
the two associations and q stranger or |
two VINO happened to be looking st the |
monument followed. The north vault |
floor had been taken up and q hole eight |
feet long by six wide and five and half |
deep blocked up and cemented had been |
prepared. The Presidents coffin was
placed in the grave-on the west side. The |
coffin containing Mrs. Lincoln's remains |
was then brought to the vault and placedI
on the east side of her husband. |
brick arch was then built |
over the collins and this was
covered with cement mixed with |
small broken rock. Two guards will be
on duty at the tomb until the cement !
becomes hard. The marble sarcophagus |
in which the public have supposed the re-
maius to be is still in the vault. Without |
further ceremony the remains of husband |
snd wife was laid to molder together in |
the grave.
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, April Is. - The |
twenty-second anniversary of the death
OF Abraham Lincoln was concentrated
in the hall of the representatives. this
afternoon, the services being under the
control Of the Lincoln Guards of Honor.